Article display hook

ABSTRACT

Please add the following new Abstract of the Disclosure. Arrangement for product display prongs intended for displaying products in stores and the like. The arrangement includes a cantilever arm for carrying the products and a feed device which is displaceable along the arm and provided with a grip part. This device is intended, when acted on manually, to displace the products carried by the arm in the forward direction toward the free end thereof for the purpose of bringing about inter alia a favorable display of the products. The cantilever arm includes two essentially parallel wires which at their one ends are adapted for attachment to a supporting construction and the other, outer ends of which form the free end of the arm. The feed device includes a part which is intended for interaction with products carried by the wires and can be displaced along the wires, an elongate grip part connected thereto, which extends essentially parallel to and between the wires, and a guide element, fixed between the outer ends of the wires, for guiding the elongate grip part.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to an arrangement for product displayprongs intended for displaying products in stores and the like and whichcomprises a cantilever arm for carrying the products and a feed devicewhich is displaceable along the arm and provided with a grip part and isintended, when acted on manually, to displace the products carried bythe arm in the forward direction toward the free end thereof for thepurpose of bringing about a favorable display of the products, and whichcantilever arm comprises two essentially parallel wires which at theirone ends are adapted for attachment to a supporting construction and theother, outer ends of which form the free end of the arm.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The majority of product display prongs of this type in use today sufferfrom the disadvantage that, when the products on the prong start to runout, it is difficult for the customer to find remaining products, as anumber of prongs with different types of product are in most casespositioned close together. It has therefore long been desirable for thefront product of the products carried by a prong always to be located asfar forward on the prong as possible, even if there are only a fewproducts on the prong.

It has previously been proposed to provide product prongs of this typewith a manually operated feed device which can run along the prong. Inorder for it to be possible for this to be taken hold of, it has usuallybeen provided with an upwardly, forwardly projecting grip part. Suchgrip parts can, however, constitute an obstruction for products on, forexample, prongs located above and limit inter alia the minimum possiblespacing between prongs located one above another.

In order to overcome inter alia this problem, spring-operated feeddevices which do not have to be operated manually have been proposed.However, such feed devices are more complicated and more expensive tomanufacture and assemble as they consist of several components. They canalso be difficult to use for some types of product, such as bagscontaining loose material.

THE OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

One object of the present invention is to produce a manual feed devicefor products on wire prongs, which inter alia eliminates theabovementioned disadvantages of previously known arrangements of thistype.

The invention is based on the realization that this object can beachieved if the feed device is provided with a grip part which, in therest position, that is to say when no feeding operation is beingperformed, does not project from the prong in any direction, but which,for feeding, is simple to take hold of.

In this connection, it is particularly characteristic of an arrangementof the type indicated in the first paragraph that the feed devicecomprises a part which is intended for interaction with products carriedby the wires and can be displaced along the wires, an elongate grip partconnected thereto, which extends essentially parallel to and between thewires, and a guide element, fixed between the outer ends of the wires,for guiding the elongate grip part.

An arrangement of this type achieves inter alia the abovementionedobject of, in the rest position, not constituting an obstruction forproducts on the prong or on adjacent prongs and thus does not limit howclosely the prongs can be positioned.

It is preferred that the guide element is made with a guide groove or athrough opening for guiding the grip part. When the wire prong isU-shaped with an upwardly angled end portion, the guide element suitablyhas an angle corresponding to the angle of the wires, the guide grooveor guide opening of the grip part extending essentially parallel to thedirection of the main part of the wires. The guide element can then befastened between the outer portions of the wires.

The grip part is suitably made in such a way that its outer end islocated in a protected manner under a part joining the outer ends of thewires, when the feed device is located in a pushed-in rest position.

Other features of the invention emerge from the following patent claims.

The invention will be described in greater detail below with referenceto the embodiment shown by way of example in the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIGURES

FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a product display prong with a feeddevice according to the invention in rest position.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal cross section through the product prongaccording to FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 shows the product prong according to FIG. 1 with the feed devicein the pulled-out position.

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal section through the product prong according toFIG. 3.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE REFERRED EMBODIMENT

In FIG. 1, reference number 1 designates a product display prongconsisting of two wires 2, 3 which are joined at the outer end of theprong to form a U-shaped product prong. The rear end portions 4, 5 ofthe wires are intended to be provided with some type of known mountingelement for mounting on a supporting construction, for example in theform of a plate provided with holes.

The prong shown is made in the form of a bent wire. It can just as wellconsist of two separate wires, the outer ends of which are either freeor interconnected. The wires 2 and 3 can also be replaced by othersupporting elements of any cross section. As an alternative to beinglocated in a common horizontal plane, the wires or equivalent elementscan be located in a common vertical plane.

At the outer ends of the wires 2 and 3, a guide element 6 is arranged,in the case shown by being pressed firmly between the wires. In theembodiment shown, this guide element is made with a through opening 7(see FIGS. 2 and 4) for passage and guidance of an elongate grip part 8.As an alternative to an opening 7, the guide element 6 can be made withan open guide groove for the grip part 8.

The grip part 8 is, at its inner end, connected to a feed plate 9 and,together with this, forms a feed device for products (not shown) whichare carried on the prong 1.

The front end of the grip part 8 is made in the form of a thumb grip 10which is shaped so as to be easy to take hold of and so that, in therest position of the feed device according to FIGS. 1 and 2, it lies ina protected manner under the guide element 6, so that it does not hinderthe removal of products from or the arrangement of products on thisprong or prongs located above or below it.

The feed device consisting of the grip part 8 with its thumb grip 10 andfeed plate 9 requires no extra space as the grip part 8 extends betweenthe wires 2 and 3. When it is necessary to feed products carried by theprong toward its front end, it is easy, by means of the thumb grip 10,to pull out the grip part 8 with the feed plate 9 toward the positionshown in FIGS. 3 and 4 depending on the quantity of products on theprong.

In the case of the prong with an upwardly angled outer portion shown inthe drawings, the guide element 6 is also made in the form of acorrespondingly angled element. This means that the opening 7 or acorresponding guide groove in the guide element 6 can extend essentiallyhorizontally and in the same plane as the main part of the grip part 8located between the wires 2 and 3. This simplifies both manufacture anduse of the arrangement.

The invention has been described above in connection with the embodimentshown in the drawings. However, it can be varied with regard to variousdetails within the following patent claims. The invention can thereforebe applied to prongs with a shape other than that shown by virtue of thedesign of the guide element 6 being adapted to the shape of the prongconcerned. Other variations are also possible while retaining theadvantage of a grip part located between the wires of the prong orequivalent.

1. An arrangement for product display prongs intended for displayingproducts in stores and the like and which comprises a cantilever arm forcarrying the products and a feed device which is displaceable along thearm and provided with a grip part and is intended, when acted onmanually, to displace the products carried by the arm in the forwarddirection toward the free end thereof for the purpose of bringing abouta favorable display of the products, and which cantilever arm comprisestwo essentially parallel wires which at their one ends are adapted forattachment to a supporting construction and the other, outer ends ofwhich form the free end of the arm the feed device comprising a partwhich is intended for interaction with products carried by the wires andcan be displaced along the wires, and an elongate grip part connectedthereto, wherein the grip part extends essentially parallel to andbetween the wires, and wherein the arrangement comprises a guideelement, fixed between the outer ends of the wires, for guiding theelongate grip part.
 2. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, whereinsaid guide element is made with a through guide opening or a guidegroove for guiding said grip part.
 3. The arrangement as claimed inclaim 2, intended for an essentially U-shaped wire prong with anupwardly angled end portion, wherein said guide element has an anglecorresponding to the angle of the wires and in that the guide groove orguide opening of the grip part extends essentially parallel to thedirection of the main part of the wires.
 4. The arrangement as claimedin claim 1, wherein said guide element is fastened between the outerportions of the wires.
 5. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, whereinthe outer end of said grip part is located in a protected manner under apart joining the outer ends of the wires, when the part intended forinteraction with products carried by the wires is located in an innerend position.
 6. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein saidgrip part extends in a protected manner in a space formed between thewires.
 7. The arrangement as claimed in claim 6, wherein, from saidspace between the wires, the grip part extends through an opening insaid guide element, which is located in a common plane with that part ofthe grip part which is located between the wires.